Ballydougan Pottery

Welcome to Bloomvale House, home of award winning Ballydougan Pottery, The Linen Barn Coffee Shop, Gift Shop & Courtyard Cottages. Bloomvale House, an historic grade 11 thatched house was built in 1785 by a Huguenot family named Gasgoine. Originally a linen merchant’s house, Bloomvale was a centre for receiving and final processing of linen from the many out-weavers who lived in weaver’s cottages Counties Armagh & Down. At Bloomvale House the raw linen cloth was bleached and finished and sent off worldwide.